I picked up this story from KVOA.com about a soldier in Baghdad getting rid of fleas using diesel. Apparently a scruffy dog in Baghdad adopted a paratrooper unit there. Edward Watson, the paratrooper in question wrote in his blog about Charlie, the new found friend in warzone.. It is quite a long post and the blog even has some pictures of Charlie. The site might be 18 PL rated, which is understandable since it is war there.
What I liked to point out however was that Edward used diesel fuel to rid Charlie of fleas. It is not something I recommend, instead I strongly suggest you don’t try this at home ever. Any spark and your precious pet will be toast. Granted that for for Edward, I don’t reckon he could have gotten any flea powder even if he wanted to. He wrote,
Even after the bath he still had fleas so one of they guys went and
dipped him in JP8 (Diesel Fuel). We thought this was crazy, but it
worked and he was flea free.
This is an extreme measure for getting rid of fleas. It could seriously harm you and your pet.
